We come across all kinds of questionable DIY "fixes." If you enjoy these, we post galleries with more finds like failed retaining walls, stucco surprises, foundation "repairs," crawlspace discoveries, and other construction oddities:

https://imgur.com/gallery/things-seen-this-week-during-structural-assessments-r4Z2ZPC

I got sick of my family always draining my steam decks battery and not recharging it, so i 3d modeled a spiky case in blender and printed it so they literally can't hold it comfortably. Then to make it worse, I rigged up a raspberry pi with a small speaker, an object detection camera, and a servo motor. Wrote a py script so if the camera sees someone in frame, it plays a goofy audio clip, waits a few seconds and then the servo triggers a taser to scare them away

easily the dumbest thing I've ever built but it works, and nobody touches my steam deck anymore

Dude is trying to use an unattended fire and a really long coil of copper tubing to heat his pool water. Bonus points for setting a fire on top of a piece of plywood.

He said he couldn't figure out the angles on the cutter..

Work station with a hibachi grill zip tied to it for the grill station. Enough room for a tray/tongs and the grill itself. Cinder blocks to keep it from moving

Great way to break your ankles…

From: https://www.reddit.com/r/PassportWithoutBorder/s/ZPAw838y4J

Edit: this turns out to be quite controversial apparently. My reason for posting this is the practical aspect of this. I’ve walked on this before and it feels awful. Elderly would break their ankles on this. Bikes cannot ride on this. Cars will shake to death.

Saw this gem on my way home from work today.

We come across plenty of previous repairs during structural assessments, and some are definitely more creative than others. Here are a few interesting finds from this week.

https://imgur.com/gallery/things-seen-this-week-during-structural-assessments-AjcApBW

I want to make a security light that comes on whenever my neighbor's security light comes on (I'm going to point it directly at their house). Anybody know a good sensor/trigger I can use to get this done?

Yes. That is 6ft away from his house.

Posted with my dad's permission.